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(NoModeL) J. A.'BUTZ. STIRRUP FOR FLOOR BEAM$.

No. 598,135. Patented Feb. 1, 1898.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR,

angle-iron of commerce.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEicE.

JOHN A. BUTZ, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO LOUISE S. BUTZ, OFSAME PLACE.

STIRRUP FOR FLOOR-BEAMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 598,135, datedFebruary 1, 1898.

Application filed April 15 1837.

To ctZZtuhom it may concern: A

' Be it known that 1, JOHN A. BUTZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and StateoiPennsylva'nia, have invented or discovered a certain new and usefulImprovement in Stirrups for Floor-Beams, of which improvement thefollowing is a specification.

The invention described herein relates to certain improvements instirrups for supporting floor-beams, 850., for houses, and has for itsobject a construction whereby a broad fiat bearing isprovided for thebeam on the stirrup and for the latter upon the supporting timber orwall; and it is a further-object of the invention to so construct thestirrup that its side barswill have a broad bearing on the supportingtimber or wall, and will also aiiord an efiicient lateral brace for thefloor-beams.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,Figure 1 is a per spective View of my improved stirrup for frame houses,(36., and Fig. 2 is a similar View of a stirrup for supporting beamsfrom brick or stone walls.

-My improved stirrup is formed from the The foot-piece is formed byclosing one side of the angle-iron upon the other and bending theangle-iron at or near the ends of the flattened portion, so that theside bars 2 are at or approximately Serial No. 632,234 (No model.)

at right angles to the foot-piece. The sides a and b of these turned-upportions are left in normal position, so that the sides a will form alateral brace for the floor-beam and the sides 5 will aliord a broadbearing for the stirrup against the supporting timber or wall. To formthe supporting portions 3 and retaining-hooks 4 of the stirrup, the sidea of the angle-iron is bent down upon the side I). The flattenedportions are then bent down to or approximately to a right angle withthe sides I), and the ends'of the flattened portions are again benteither up or down to form the retaining-toes 4, dependent upon whetherthe stirrup is to be applied to a timber or a brick or stonewall.

I claim herein as my invention A stirrup for floor-beams consisting ofan angle-bar bent to U shape, the sides of the angle-bar at the loop andends of the stirrup being closed one upon the other to form fiat bearingor supporting portions and the ends of the stirrup being bent at anangle to the sides and provided with retaining-toes, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOHN A. BUTZ.

Witnesses F. E. GAITHER, DARWIN S. WOLoo'rr.

